Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	27,284	1,646
11 Apr 1927	27,625	1,305
11 Jul 1927	27,965	965
17 Oct 1927	27,767	1,163
16 Jan 1928	26,533	1,807
16 Apr 1928	26,922	1,418
16 Jul 1928	26,867	1,473
15 Oct 1928	26,756	1,584
14 Jan 1929	26,980	2,050
15 Apr 1929	27,493	1,537
15 Jul 1929	27,863	1,167
14 Oct 1929	27,265	1,765
13 Jan 1930	26,227	2,203
14 Apr 1930	26,757	1,673
14 Jul 1930	26,701	1,729
13 Oct 1930	26,199	2,231
12 Jan 1931	18,028	1,982
13 Apr 1931	18,303	1,707
13 Jul 1931	27,508	2,502
12 Oct 1931	26,802	3,208
25 Jan 1932	27,581	3,679
25 Apr 1932	27,826	3,434
25 Jul 1932	28,072	3,188
24 Oct 1932	27,550	3,710
23 Jan 1933	27,313	4,347
24 Apr 1933	27,934	3,726
24 Jul 1933	28,400	3,260
23 Oct 1933	28,555	3,105
22 Jan 1934	27,218	3,562
23 Apr 1934	27,973	2,807
23 Jul 1934	28,365	2,415
22 Oct 1934	28,033	2,747
28 Jan 1935	27,941	3,379
15 Apr 1935	28,648	2,672
22 Jul 1935	29,231	2,089
21 Oct 1935	28,985	2,335
20 Jan 1936	28,355	3,675
27 Apr 1936	29,360	2,670
20 Jul 1936	29,988	2,042
26 Oct 1936	29,643	2,387
25 Jan 1937	30,552	2,948
19 Apr 1937	30,954	2,546
26 Jul 1937	31,322	2,178
18 Oct 1937	31,188	2,312
17 Jan 1938	31,442	2,958
04 Apr 1938	31,923	2,477
18 Jul 1938	32,336	2,064
17 Oct 1938	31,958	2,442
16 Jan 1939	32,986	3,064
17 Apr 1939	33,310	2,740
10 Jul 1939	34,500	1,550
16 Apr 1945		111
16 Jul 1945		70
15 Oct 1945		219
14 Jan 1946		253
08 Apr 1946		288
15 Jul 1946		354
14 Oct 1946		372
13 Jan 1947		313
14 Apr 1947		345
14 Jul 1947		176
13 Oct 1947		444
12 Jan 1948		711
12 Apr 1948		862
12 Jul 1948		761
11 Oct 1948		570
10 Jan 1949		671
11 Apr 1949		640
11 Jul 1949		585
10 Oct 1949		577
16 Jan 1950		775
17 Apr 1950		730
10 Jul 1950		595
16 Oct 1950		554
15 Jan 1951		773
16 Apr 1951		524
16 Jul 1951		432
15 Oct 1951		498
14 Jan 1952		524
21 Apr 1952		643
14 Jul 1952		491
13 Oct 1952		563
12 Jan 1953		708
13 Apr 1953		639
13 Jul 1953		481
12 Oct 1953		526
11 Jan 1954		580
12 Apr 1954		480
12 Jul 1954		343
11 Oct 1954		376
10 Jan 1955		421
18 Apr 1955		429
11 Jul 1955		255
10 Oct 1955		296
16 Jan 1956		338
16 Apr 1956		305
16 Jul 1956		295
15 Oct 1956		380
14 Jan 1957		567
15 Apr 1957		623
15 Jul 1957		483
14 Oct 1957		612
13 Jan 1958		951
14 Apr 1958		979
14 Jul 1958		854
13 Oct 1958		3,960
12 Jan 1959		2,960
13 Apr 1959		4,497
13 Jul 1959		2,517
12 Oct 1959		3,692
11 Jan 1960		2,415
11 Apr 1960		665
11 Jul 1960		500
10 Oct 1960		532
16 Jan 1961		617
10 Apr 1961		513
10 Jul 1961		401
16 Oct 1961		590
15 Jan 1962		878
09 Apr 1962		810
09 Jul 1962		705
15 Oct 1962		938
14 Jan 1963		2,350
08 Apr 1963		1,184
15 Jul 1963		671
14 Oct 1963		706
13 Jan 1964		717
13 Apr 1964		565
13 Jul 1964		453
12 Oct 1964		509
11 Jan 1965		633
12 Apr 1965		2,284
12 Jul 1965		424
11 Oct 1965		517
10 Jan 1966		620
10 Apr 1966		623
11 Jul 1966		511
10 Oct 1966		732
09 Jan 1967		1,437
10 Apr 1967		1,199
10 Jul 1967		1,046
09 Oct 1967		1,212
08 Jan 1968		1,476
08 Apr 1968		1,385
08 Jul 1968		1,483
14 Oct 1968		1,402
13 Jan 1969		1,751
14 Apr 1969		1,550
14 Jul 1969		1,249
13 Oct 1969		1,490
12 Jan 1970		2,026
13 Apr 1970		1,735
13 Jul 1970		1,359
12 Oct 1970		1,427
11 Jan 1971		1,878
05 Apr 1971		2,007
12 Jul 1971		2,205
11 Oct 1971		2,203
10 Jan 1972		2,728
10 Apr 1972		2,727
10 Jul 1972		2,012
09 Oct 1972		2,106
08 Jan 1973		2,073
09 Apr 1973		1,767
09 Jul 1973		1,513
08 Oct 1973		1,542
14 Jan 1974		1,810
08 Apr 1974		1,800
08 Jul 1974		1,711
14 Oct 1974		1,920

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition